The Future

Tumamoc Hill continues to be a place for people to gather. You have heard multiple perspectives of what makes this location special. Tumamoc receives more use now than perhaps at any time in its history. It is a cultural pillar in our community and is distinguished in many ways.

For example, it is the longest continuously habited site and has the oldest communally built structures in North America; it is the hill of the horned lizard; the birthplace of modern ecology; it has the best studied saguaro population in the world; it receives over 1,500 visitors a day; Arizonans have voted it the best hike in the City of Tucson.

Tumamoc Hill is a living laboratory, an ecological reserve owned and operated by the University of Arizona in partnership with Pima County with four thousand years of use and over 100 years of science. The UofA College of Science serves as stewards of this site.

Tumamoc Hill represents the past, present, and, we hope, the future of Tucson. On the Hill, we walk on the heels of our history. The diversity of you who walk Tumamoc Hill matches that of the census of the City of Tucson nearly exactly. A walk on Tumamoc Hill is an opportunity to interact with each other, exercise body and mind, and connect to the wonders of the Sonoran Desert.